1892 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
American football
College championship
College football national championship – Yale Bulldogs
Non-college amateur championships
Western Pennsylvania champions – Allegheny Athletic Association
Events
September 28 – The first night football game is attempted between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State. 12 November – Pudge Heffelfinger is paid $500 by the Allegheny Athletic Association to play in a game against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club. He is considered the first professional football player of all time.
Association football
Bohemia
SK Slavia Prague was founded in Czechoslovakia
England
The Football League – Sunderland 42 points, Preston North End 37, Bolton Wanderers 36, Aston Villa 30, Everton 28, Wolves 26 FA Cup final – West Bromwich Albion 3–0 Aston Villa in the last final to be played at The Oval. 13 March — Liverpool Football Club is founded after Everton is split by a faction fight at board level over the proposed purchase of the freehold at Anfield. One faction, retaining the club's name and players, quits Anfield and moves across Stanley Park to establish a new home at Goodison Park. The other faction, which owns Anfield, decides to establish a new club there and this is called Liverpool F.C.. The new club joins the Lancashire League prior to the 1892–1893 season. With the demise of the rival Football Alliance, the Football League is able to expand by inviting former Alliance members to join it. Membership doubles from 14 to 28 clubs with divisions introduced for the first time in the 1892–93 season. The original Football League becomes the new First Division, expanded to 16 teams; and the new Second Division is formed with 12 teams, many of them former members of the Alliance. Darwen is relegated from the First Division; Newton Heath (Manchester United), Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday are elected to the First Division for 1892–93. Members of the new Second Division are Ardwick (Manchester City), Bootle (league members 1892–93), Burton United (1892–1907), Crewe Alexandra, Darwen, Grimsby Town, Lincoln City, Northwich Victoria (1892–94), Burslem Port Vale (1892–1907), Sheffield United, Small Heath (Birmingham City) and Walsall. Germany July 25 — Hertha Berlin founded as one of the oldest clubs in Germany Nederland May 14 — Dutch professional football club SBV Vitesse founded in Arnhem Scotland Scottish Football League – Dumbarton Scottish Cup final – Celtic 5–1 Queen's Park at Ibrox Park The SFL is reduced to 10 teams for 1892–93 after Cambuslang and Vale of Leven are expelled.
Athletics
Events
C. B. Fry equals the world record for the long jump of 23 ft. 5in – the record stands for 18 months. USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Baseball
National championship
The "National League and American Association" is the sole major league in baseball after incorporating four clubs from the former American Association into the expanded and restructured National League and buying out the four others. The National League plays a split season, Boston Beaneaters winning the first half, Cleveland Spiders winning the second. At the end of the season, Boston defeats Cleveland 5–0 in a championship series. The experiment will not be repeated but it will be adapted after two-month interruption of the 1981 season.
Basketball
Events
January 15 – James Naismith's rules for basketball are published for the first time in the Springfield YMCA International Training School's newspaper, in an article titled "A New Game." They said it was called "Basketball." March 11 – First basketball game played in public, between students and faculty at the Springfield YMCA. The final score was 5–1 in favor of the students, with the only goal for the faculty being scored by Amos Alonzo Stagg. A crowd of 200 spectators watched the game.
Boxing
Events
7 September — James J. Corbett wins the World Heavyweight Championship with a 21st-round knockout of John L. Sullivan at the Olympic Club in New Orleans. Sullivan is gradually worn down by Corbett's combination of elusive footwork and fast jabs. Corbett holds the title until 1897. Lineal world champions World Heavyweight Championship – John L. Sullivan → James J. Corbett World Middleweight Championship – Bob Fitzsimmons World Welterweight Championship – vacant → "Mysterious" Billy Smith World Lightweight Championship – Jack McAuliffe World Featherweight Championship – George Dixon